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These  Remarks  are  Affectionately  Dedicated, 


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OF  THE 
"  J^^NK'-A^N  D  FILE," 

AND  TO 

HeNRY-iL>VVYftTT, 

The  First  Hero  who  fell  in  Defence  of 
the  South. 

"Si(*^»i»*'Vi(**^w*^»ii*"*ti'"H«»'**M''**»i'***»i'*'*»n''»taf*^»i('"»ii'"»ii''^»i»'^ii'"*»i'"'"'**^ 

By  one  who  sympathized  in  their   successes,    mourned 
their  k)sses,  admired  their  heroism,  and  shared  their  hardships, 

"No  marble  slab  or  graven  stone 
Their  gallant  deeds  to  tell, 
No  monument  to  mark  the  spot 
Where  they  with  glory  fell: 
Their  names  shall  yet  a  herald  find. 
In  every  tongue  of  fame, 
When  valley,  stream,  and  minstrel  voice, 
Shall  ring  with  their  acclaim." 

JULIAN  S.    CARR,    (Private.) 
Company  K,   3rd  N.  C.  Cavah'v,  Baringer"s  Brigade. 
Gen'l  W.  H.  F.  Lee's   Division,  Hampton's  Corps, 

Army  of  Northern  Virginia,  C.  S.  A, 


Delivered  at  Wilmington,  N.  ,C.,  May  the  loth,  1894. 


Digitized  by  tine  Internet  Arciiive 

in  2010  witii  funding  from 

University  of  Nortii  Carolina  at  Chapel  Hill 


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VETERANS  OF  THE  SOUTHERN  CONFEDERACY,  MR. 
PRESIDENT,  LADn-:S'  AND  GENTLEMEN: 

"In  a  Ur  fair  valley,  in  the  sunshine  of  splendid  skies, 
all  the  birds  of  all  the  world  were  sii  ging  togtthei .  It  was  a 
universal  concert — a  livalry  between  the  birds  to  name  the 
sweetest  singer.  But  one  bird  in  that  melodious  lumult 
seemed  silent — list  mng  as  tht-  leaves  listen  wh-^n  the  wind 
sings  soft  and  low;  and  ;is  the  f-^athered  musicians  strained 
th'  ir  throats  in  that  enchanting  chorus  they  w^ondered  why 
that  lone  and  listening  bird  sang  not,  and  as  the  music  lulled, 
one  of  the  singers  said  :  "Have  you  no  voice  to  sing  ?  Why 
do  you  sit  silent,  while  we  are  singing?"  And  yet  another 
said  :  "It  is  some  poor  bird  that  is  grieving  for  its  mate,  lost 
in  the  tangled  wilderness.  Let  it  listen  and  sing  not,  lest  the 
sorrow  of  its  wounded  heart  should  sadden  our  s  ngs."  And 
another,  yityingthat  lonely  bit  d,  said  •  "The  poor  thin^'^'  has 
no  heart  to  sing.  Nome  black  binl  of  night  has  robbed  it  of 
its  young,  and  the  winds  have  rilled  iis  downy  nest  among  the 
fir  trees.      Let  it  not  \  reak  its  heart  by  singiu^." 

And  the  silent  bird  answered  :  "Do  not  think  of  me.  I 
would  rather  si!  and  listen  to  you  sing.  I  luive  n<' music  of 
my  o'.vn,  but  I  love  to  listen  when  yi>u  sing.  Let  me  sit  here 
in  the  sunshine  until  I  learn  to  sing.'' 

Like  the  bird,  I  would  ■vastly  prefer  to  sit  silent  in  this 
presence  to-day,  and  hear  s  "'me  of  your  own  distinguished 
townsmen,  whose  !;  rilli^mt  talents  exercised  at  the  bar.  in  jour- 
nalism, and  in  the  pulpit,  has  given  and  rightly  so,  your  beau- 
tiful ci-y  by  the  sea,  all  over  our  dear  Southland,  much  repu- 
tation ,for  oratory  and  fine  literary  attainments  But  to  do 
so,  w'ould  argue  my  unfaithfulness  to  every  chivalric  senti- 
ment that  stirs  a  heart,  that  faithfully  and  devotedly  loves 
the  subject   upon  which  I  shall  sprak  to  you  to-day. 

A  famous  poet  wrote  these  lines, 

''Above  the  crash  of  Troy  is  Homer's  music  heard, 
And  by  that  immortal  flow  of  song  the  present  hour  is  stirr'd." 

I  would  regard  it  as  a  hopeless  task,  to  attempt  to  engage 
your  attention,  and  to  touch  vour  hearts  on  this  sacred  occa- 
sion, were  it  not  that  like  that  of  Troy,  the  story  o*  our  dead 
Republic  can  never  cease  to  be  interesting,  and  inspiring,  to 
all  whose  hearts  beat  with  noble  impulses. 

There  lives  no  brave  man  or  woman    who  does  not  love 


«^    «a   'N     \  lL 


to  roam  in  imaginiition  o'er  the  liattle  plains  of  earth,  where 
liberty  has  lieen  lought  for,  and  heroi(;  deeds  performed. 

'Tis  for  tills  we  read  of  Hector  and  Achilles;  of  the  ex- 
ploits of  the  (ireeks  and  Romans;  linger  over  the  records  of 
the  crusades,  and  the  Li  n-hearted  Richard  ;  and  listen  to 
the  battle  thunders  of  Napoleon  roaring  from  the  gates  of  the 
Russian  Capital  to  the  foot  if  tlie  Pyramids. 

Bui  I  come  to  you   to-day    with  a  grander,  nobler   theme 

A  Tribute  to  Privat-  Henry  L.  Wyatt,  and  his  Heroic 
Compatriots,  the  Private  ^oldiers  of  the  Southern  Confederacy. 

in  commencing  my  o:;ition  I  feel  the  truth  ol  Bossuet's: 
words,  as  he  began  liis  splendid  eulogy  on  the  Prince  of 
Conde  ;  said  he,  "At  the  moment  I  open  my  lips  to  cele 
brate  the  im'^iortal  glory  of  the  Prince  of  Conde,  I  find  my- 
self ecjuall*  A'erwhelmed  by  the  greatness  of  the  suiiject,  and 
the  needlessness  of  the  task.  What  part  of  the  habitable 
globe  ha^  not  heard  of  bis  victories,  and  the  wonders  of  his 
life?  Everywhere,  they  are  rehearsed.  His  own  country- 
men in  extolling  them  can  give  no  information  evt-n  to  the 
stranger;  and  although  I  may  remind  you  of  them,  yet  every- 
thing I  couKi  say,  would  be  anticipated  by  your  thoughts, 
and  I  should  suiter  the   rej)r(  ach  of  falling  far  bel.'W  them." 

How  tru^  is  all  tliis  today  ?  AYhat  leaf  can  be  added  to 
the  laurel  that  tells  the  world  of  the  eternal  fame  of  the  Con- 
federate soldier  ? 

A    VISSIOX    OF    THE    PAST. 

Under  tlie  influence  of  this  occasion,  we  are  once  more 
amid  tlie  scenes  of  the  four  most  eventful  y- ars  of  our  na- 
tional history.  Once  again,  we  see  our  land  lashed  by  the 
waves  that  presaged  Civil  "War; 

"Ah  !   then  and  there  was  hurrying  to  and  fro, 
And  gathering  tears,  and  treinbHngs  of  distress  ; 
And  there  were  sudden  partings,  such  as  jjress 
The  Hfe  from  out  bra\-e  hearts. 
And  there  was  mounting  in  hot  haste,  the  steed, 
The  mustering  squadron,  and  the  clattering  car, 
Went  pouring  forward  with  impetuous  speed, 
And  swiftly  forming  in  the  ranks  of  war." 

We  see  fathers  putting  away  the  clinging  arms  of  child- 
dren,  and  bending  above  the  cradles  of  dimj)]ed  babes  We 
see  noble  women,  triumphant  over  fear,  speeding  husband, 
fathers,  brothers,  sons,  to  gory  fields,  to  battle  for  the  right.  We 
bear  the  roll  of  drums,  we  see  marching  columns  with  ban- 
ners, wrought  by  the  hand  of  beauty  and  love.  We  go  with 
them  to  the  battle  plains,  across  the  rivers,  over  the  valleys, 
up  the  mountain  slopes,  and  lo  !  every  where  ; 


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"The  Giant  War  in  awful  power  stands, 

His  Ijlood-red  tresses  deepening  in  the  sun  ; 
With  death-shot  p;lowing  in  his  fiery  hands. 
And  eye  that  scorcheth  all  it  glares  upon." 

We  see  our  armies  worn  away,  until  divisions  becomes 
brigades  brigades  regiments,  and  regiments  companies.  We 
see  the  awful  suffering  and  sorrow  of  the  stricken  South. 
And  now,  like  some  mighty  monarch  of  the  forest  that  has 
defied  the  storms  of  years,  forced  at  last  to  yield,  we  see  the 
surrender  of  the  Army  of  Northern  Virginia  that  army — that 
had  "dipped  its  conquering  banners  in  the  crimson  tide  of 
eight  and  twenty  battles  " 

We  see  the  soldier  in  gray,  who  has  sacrificed  his  all,save 
honor,  turn  his  tired  footsteps  and  weary  eyes,  forcing  back 
the  tears  of  despair,  towards  his  desolated  hom(  Mid  ragged 
starving  loved  ones 

]\Iy  friends  it  is  well  for  us  to  honor  our  heroes  and  to 
commune  on  each  returning  tenth  of  May  over  the  sweet, 
sad.   inspiring  memories   of  the  past. 

THE    HEROISM    OF    THE    WOMEN    OF    THE    SOUTH. 

Lord  Beaconsfield  said,  "It  is  at  the  feet  of  woman  we 
lay  the  laurels  that  without  her  smile  would  never  have 
been  gained.  It  is  her  image  that  strings  the  lyre  of  the  poet, 
that  animates  the  voice  in  the  blaze  of  eloquent  faction, 
guides  the  statesman  in  the  august  toils  of  stately  councils, 
and  inspires  the  warrior  to  deeds  of  splendid  daring." 

Lamartine  said,  "Woman  is  behind  all  great  things." 
These  sentiments  by  illustrious  men,  never  found  as  perfect 
realization  as  in  the  conduct  of  the  women  of  the  South  du- 
ring the  war,  and  since. 

We  ar^  thrilled  by  the  splendid  heroism  of  the  Greek, 
Roman,  and  Carthagenian  women,  as  they  sustained  the 
fainting  spirits  of  the  defenders  of  their  countries,  but  history 
records  nothing  equal  to.  the  patience  under  unparalled 
hardship,  courage  in  the  face  of  peril,  and  hope  in  the  dark- 
est hours  of  misfortune,  shown  by  the  women  of  the  South 
since  sixty  one. 

As  the  belief  in  the  Athenian  mind,  "that  Theseus  march- 
ed in  the  van  of  their  armies,  reddening  the  waves  of  the 
iEgean  Sea"  with  the  blood  of  their  enemies,  sustained 
their  banners  at  Salamis  and  Platea,"  so  ever  about  the 
armies  of  the  South  hovered  the  inspiring  influence  of  her 
heroic  women. 

With  such  Mothers,  Wives,  Sisters  and  loved  ones,  the 
soldiers  of  the  South,  could  not  do  less  in  the  press  of 
battle,  than  win  the  admiration  of  the  world. 


It  wan  pnsif^r  t'>  fice  Northern  bullets,  than  the  scorn  of 
the    Ina'(•.hle!^s  (hiughters  of  the  South. 

It  was  the  women  of  the  South  who  after  their  "Cause" 
was  crushed,  met  tlie  veterans  iu  gray"  on  the  threshohls  of 
(lesohited  homes,  and  putting  tht'ir  white  arms  about  them, 
with  hright  smiles  and  encouraging  words,  insjjired  tliem  to 
press  onward,  and  to  make  the  tSouth  what  she  is  to-day. 

Her  inlluence  inspired  him  in  battle.  Her  hand  soothtd 
him  in  sicl^ness.  Her  voice  encouraged  him  in  poverty. 
Her  efforts  rears  monuments  to  perpetuate  Ids  memory. 
And  the  beautiful  memorial  custom  of  strewin;i  Spring's 
sweetest,  raresf  treasures  upon  Ins  grave,  is  an  Institution 
sanctified  by  her  love.     God  bless  the  women  of  the  Soutli. 

'IHK    SdlTlI. 

The  St)Ulh  loved  the  Union  Had  she  not  caus^-  to  love 
it?  Had  she  not  done  more  than  aiiy  other  section  of  the 
country  to  create  it?  Had  she  not  guided  and  protected  the 
Republic  for  ne>rly  a  century  prior  to  sixty  one? 

Up  to  that  time  the  South  had  had  sixty  years  of  Presi- 
dents, the  Nortli  twenty-four;  eighteen  Judges  of  the  Su- 
preQje  Court  of  the  United  States,  the  Nortli  eleven;  four- 
teen Attorney  Generals,  tlie  North  five;  eighty-six  Foreign 
Ministers,  the  North  fiity-four;  and  the  vast  majoiiiy  of  th.e 
officers  of  the  Army  and  Navy  were    South>roiis. 

Her  sons  iiad  stood  in  defe;  sf  of  the  Ur. ion,  upon  tite 
historic  fields  of  the  Revolution,  Saratoga,  Tr  nlou,  Valley 
Forge,  Eenning'ton,  jMonmoutii  and  Yorktown. 

The  imortal  southerners  Jelierson,  ilenrj',  Madison, 
Marshall  and  Wasliington,  were  the  fathers  of  American  lib- 
erty, and  the  architects  of  her  instiiutions. 

Southern  paer:su  es,  southern  statesmen  and  souttiern 
arms,  led  in  acquiri;;g  the  National  Terri'orv-,  and  placed  on 
the  Hag  of  tlie  Union  tirirty  of  the  torty-tv.o  stars  that  glit- 
tered there. 

REBKLS    A\D    REBELLION. 

I  will  not  discuss  the  causes  of  the  w\ar  beyond  a  few 
remarks  which  I  deem  proper  to  this  occasion  The  Con- 
federate soldier  was  no  rebel.  The  contest  of  sixty-one-five 
was  not  a  rebellion.  It  was  a  mighty  Revolution.  "Rebellion" 
presumes  a  defiance  of  some  authorized  superior."  Great 
issues  arose  between  the  sections.  There  was  no  judge. 
The  Constitution  was  sih  nt. 

General  McClellan  after  the  battles  of  the  Chicahominy, 
wrote  President  Lincoln,  "This  conflict  has  assumed  the 
character  of  War,  and  as   such,  sbould  be   regarded.   And 


should  be  conducted  upon  the  hiii,lie8t  principles  known  to 
civilization. 

And  says  Heinelin.  the  greatest  political  writer  of  the 
North,  "We  think  the  fact  that  the  so-called  secessionest, 
counted  by  thousands,  even  as  to  tlie  more  prominent  leaders, 
and  by  millions  including  the  masses,  thai  were  as  zealous  in 
the  cause,  if  not  more  so,  and  the  further  fact  that  counting 
with  them  their  sympathizers  they  constitute  the  majority  of 
the  citizens  of  America,  and  that  the  Confederacy  covered  a 
territory  eight  times  the  size  of  Great  Britain,  ought  to  admon- 
ish us  that  the  movement  of  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-one, 
was  not  treason,  nor  a  rebellion,  but  War,  between  different 
portions  of  American  society,  about  misunderstood  interpre- 
tations of  the  fundamental  law." 

You  will  search  in  vain  the  Records  of  the  leaders  of 
the  Confederacy  for  a  sentiment  in  favor  of  a  dissolution  of 
the  Union,  until  every  effort  at  conciliation,  and  every  de- 
mand for  justice,  had  failed. 

NORTH    CAROLIXA    IX    THE    WAR. 

There  are  some  facts  about  North  Carolina  that  in  justice 
to  her  sons,  ought  to  be  emphasized  and  reiterated  as  often 
as  possil)le.  The  people  of  this  Commonwealth,  are  rich  in 
deeds  of  matchless  daring  and  patriotism.  They  have  been 
inexcusably  negligent  in  recording  and  blazoning  them  forth 
to  the  world.  North  Carolina  should  follow  the  example  of 
her  sisters,  in  setting  forth  her  glories  with  tongue  and  pen 
and  in  ever  during  bronze. 

We  owe  this  to  ourselves,  to  future  generations,  and  to 
our  dead  and  living  heroes,  who  plucked  immortal  honors 
from, 

"Looming  bastions  fringed  with  fire." 

North  Carolina  at  Mecklenburg  sounded  the  first  note 
for  Independence  heard  on  this  continent.  Yorktown  was 
but  the  necessary  result  of  King's  Mountain  and  Guilford 
Court  House  Resistance  to  British  tyranny,  in  the  port  of 
\Vilmington,  occurred  eight  years  before  the  splendid  deed  of 
Boston  Harbor.  Her  Davie,  Blount,  Martin,  Speight  and  Wil- 
liamson, not  only  helped  to  lay  thegrea  foundations  of  the 
Constitution,  but  cut  and  shaped  its  very  corner  stone,  "'for  at 
the  critical  moment,  when  upon  their  vote  hung  the  fate  of 
the  Constitution,  her  representatives  left  the  great  states  on 
the  question  of  representation,  joined  the  small  states,  and 
saved  the  Constitution  by  a  vote  of  four  to  five." 

North  Carolina  loved  the  Union.  The  last  Southern 
State  to  secede,  she  only  took  that  step,  when  Mr.  Lincoln 


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demanded  that  nhe  should  draw  her  sword  against  her  Sis- 
ters 'The  ti/lh  in  rvltilp  popnlalinri,  i<}if'  fiirms]\rd  more,  troops  to 
the.  C'oiifederaci/  tlian  on;/  other  .state  of  the  South.  With  a  voting 
popuhition  ol' one  hundred  and  tit'teen  tlionsand,  she  sent  to 
tlie  front  of  battle,  one  hun(h-ed  and  twenty-live  thousand,  of 
the  six  hundred  thousand  soldiers  of  the  South.  She  lost  the 
lirst  man  in  battle,  to  whom  we  pay  tribute  to  day,  and  Bt-n 
tonsville  was  the  last  great  contest  of  the  war.  Of  the  ninety- 
two  regiments  in  the  battles  around  Richmond,  forty-six  reg- 
iments were  of  North  Carolina,  and  her  killed  at  Chancellors- 
ville  constituted  one  half  the  entire  Confederate  loss  Her 
troops  jtenetrated  further  into  the  Federal  lines  at  Gettysburg, 
than  those  of  any  other  State,  and  she  lost  more  men  in  that 
battle,  tlian  Virginia.  Mississippi,  and  South  Carolina  com- 
bined. H<-r  seaport  at  Wilmington,  was  for  many  months 
the  support  and  only  hope  of  the  Cf>nfederacy,  and  the 
veterans  composing  the  Brigade  led  by  our  own  Gallant  Wra. 
R  Cox,  of  Grimes's  Division  of  North  Carolina  troops  made 
the  last  charge  at  Appomatax,  and  the  curtain  f  11  u|jon 
the  bloody  drama  of  war  as  the  sound  of  the  last  gun  thun- 
dered from  a  North  Carolina  Battery  comtoaudt  d  by  a  Wilmiug- 
tonian  Capt.  Flarmer,  and  the  star  of  the  Southern  Confederacy 
went  out  in  the  blackness  of  darkness  and  the  cause  we 
loved  was  lost. 

Teach  it  to  our  Posterity,  that  '^'"orth  Carolina  furnished 
the  most  men,  laid  upon  the  altars  of  -Southern  liberties  he  tirst 
victim,  led  the  last  charge,  and  fired  the  last  gun  in  defence 
of  Southern  homes. 

As  we  stand  in  the  shadows  of  the  greatest  sorrow  the 
state  has  known  it  will  b-  useful  to  recall  why  this  was  so 
It  was  the  elfect  of  the  policy  of  the  remarkable  man  a  typi- 
cal North  Carolinian,  whom  we  have  just  laid  to  rest  in  Ashe- 

ville 

Zebulin  B.  \ance  was  a  typical  North  Carolinian.  Did 
it  ever  occur  to  you  what  a  singular  being,  as  the  word  goes 
a  real  North  Carolinian  is?  A  cheerJul  hearted  man  enough, 
but  sober  minded;  reverent  of  authority,  but  vigilant  of  its 
encroachments;  unlearned  in  the  art  of  self-seeking,  tenacious 
of  the  rights  he  has;  a  literal  sort  ol  person,  intending  to  do 
his  duty  and  expecting  others  to  do  theirs;  too  tolerant  of 
the  feelings  of  others,  or  too  proud,  or  both,  to  exhibit  his 
own  pride;  so  intent  in  the  making  of  history  rather  than  the 
writing  of  it,  that  it  has  taken  over  a  century  to  induce  him 
to  boast  of  his  unboastfulness  in  the  supreme  assertion  that 
he  would  rather  be  than  seem    to    be.     That    is    the   typical 


^^ 


North  Carolinian,  as  lie  has  been  Irom  xVlamance  to  Appa- 
mattox.  That  was  Vance,  preeiuinently.  It  was  not  the  gen- 
ius of  popuUirity  as  so  beautituily  sugi^ested  by  his  colleague 
that  gave  him  unprecedented  sway  over  the  atfections  of  his 
{)eople,  but  sympathy  with  them  rather,  in  the  common  pos- 
session of  this  leading  trait.  Oi.e  of  the  Senators  who  came 
to  North  Carolina  with  his  body  the  other  day,  viewing  the 
reverent  demonstrationson  on  the  way,  exclaimed  that  no  other 
had  lived  who  possessed  the  ali'ections  of  so  many  of  his  fel- 
low men. 

He  was  a  remarkal)le  man.  He  was  a  leader  of  men  and 
possessed  the  genius  of  rule.  He  was  not  our  greatest  lawyer; 
nor  our  greate~t  soldier.  But  no  doubt  lie  could  have  been 
either  if  his  comprehensive  talents  had  not  required  him  to  be 
more  Lawyers,  soldiers,  men  of  science  and  all  th^-  craftsmen 
are  but  tools  in  the  hands  of  statesmen,  and  Vance  was  a 
statesman.  No  one  less  endowed  than  he  could  have  done  for 
North  Carolina  what  he  did  in  the  great  war.  The  enemy  is 
the  best  judge  of  the  eftectiveness  of  his  work,  and  they  singled 
him  out  from  among  all  his  compeers  to  suffer  the  honor  of 
imprisonment  with  Mr.  Davis.  Inexorable  truth  has  at  last 
revealed  North  Carolina's  preeminence  over  all  the  states  in 
that  supreme  test  of  war.  Can  it  be  doubted  that  impartial 
history  wnll  accord  to  her  leader  his  logical  place?  His  sub- 
sequent career  showed  no  diminution  of  his  powers.  The 
mind  ri-coils  from  contemplation  of  what  the  State  would  have 
been  without  his  voice  in  1876.  Of  his  position  in  the  Senate 
a  great  St-nator  said  the  other  day  that  when  the  lines  were 
drawn  on  a  party  question  he  had  no  equal  on  its  floor. 

It  seems  to  me  that  this  greatest  of  Carolenians  must  be 
likened  only  to  Pericles,  the  greatest  Athenian.  Each  pos- 
sessed transcendent  abilities,  and  by  an  hereditarv  pre- dispo- 
sition to  espouse  the  cause  of  the  people  secured  almost  abso- 
lute controll  of  them.  Yet  the  boundless  influence  thus  ac- 
quired was  never  debased  by  either  for  the  promotiom  oj 
selfish  objects. 

HE    LIGHT    BRIGADE    AT    BALAKLAVA THE  TWENTY-SIX    NORTH    i?iVR- 

OLINA    REGIMENT    AT    GETTYSBURG THE    FIFTH    NORTH 

CAROLINA    REGIMENT    AT    WILLIAMSBURG. 

I  see  the  charge  of  The  Light  Brigade  at  Balaklava, 
world-renowned.  I  see  six  hundred  and  seven  "sabres'' in  all 
the  pride  and  splendor  of  war,  close  toward  the  enemy's  lines. 
As  the  thirty-seven  cannon  open  upon  them,  whole  squadrons 
seem  to  sink  into  the  earth.  But  they  pause  not,  with  a  wild 
cheer  and  a  halo  of  flashing  steel  above  their  heads  they  go 


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into  tlie  tire  of  the  RnssiMn  batteries  In  that  magnificent 
chnrge,  "The  Ligiit  Brigade''  lost  "one  hundred  and  forty  seven 
nx-'i)  Lillcd.  <iiir  hundred  and  frn  irounded,  and  Htree  Itundred  OJid 
lh>rfi//ire  Jnrrsi's. '' 

6u  their  re-t  rn  to  iMigland,  they  were  feh'd  as  iieroes, 
hanqucted  in  the  |)iiblic  sijuares  of  London,  honored  with 
medals  iVom  the  (^^''t'n,  and  the  Poet  Laureate,  found  in  their 
action  insjjiration  for  the  hrigliest  jewel  that  glitters  amongst 
his  poetic  gems  : 

•■Flash'd  all  their  sal. res  liarc 
FlashVl  as  tlu-y  tur?u;il  in  air 
Sabring  tlit.-  gunnL-rs  tlic-rc  ; 
Charging  an  army,  wiiile 
All  the  wurld  wundered;" 

Yet  I  tell  you  that  the  cliarge  of  the  Twenty->ixth  North 
Carolina  Ilegimeitt  at  CJettysl>urg,  led  by  its  intrepid  com- 
mander, Harry  King  Burgwyn,  surpass'^d  that  of  the  Light 
Brigade  at  Balaklava.  A  tide  of  living  valor,  that  Regitnent 
eight  hundred  and  twenty  strong,  went  into  the  tire  of  the 
batteries,  and  came  out  with  eighty  men.  In  that  "high  car- 
nival of  deatli  and  honor,''  the  heroic  yonng  Colonel,  the 
youngest  in  eitlter  army,  was  the  tenth  man  to  fall  with  the 
colors  of  his  Regiment.  "Hero  after  herograsjjed  that  banner, 
and  was  shot  (lown,  until  the  Jifteenfli  man.  Private  Daniel 
Thomas,  of  Chatham  County,  sprang  forward,  and  grasping 
the  shattered  staii',  strode  through  the  iron  hail  with  his  faith- 
ful Color  Seargent  Brooks,  of  the  same  county,  and  j)lanted 
it  on  the  works  of  the  bloody  angle."  The  charge  of  the  Fifth 
North  Carolina  and  Twenty-Fourth  Virginia  Regiments  at 
Williamsburg,  was  so  superb,  that  the  enemy  sent  up  a  shout 
of  admiration  as  they  rushed  upon  his  guns,  and  the  New 
York  Herald  declared  tlie  next  day,  that  "the  word  'Immortal' 
ought  to  be  written  in  hdlers  of  gold  up  u  their  banners.'' 

The  iMth  North  Carolina,  commanded  by  Col.  A.  M. 
Scales  afterwards  Governor,  was  the  only  regiment  in  the  Con- 
federate Army,  so  far  as  I  have  been  able  to  verify,  that 
actually  locked  bayonets  with  the  enemy.  Col.  E  B.  Withers, 
who  is  now  an  honored  citizen  and  successful  lawyer  of  Dan- 
vil  e  Va.  writes  me  as  follows:  In  the  battle  of  Williamsburg, 
May  5th,  1 86  >,  the  13th  North  Carolina  Troops,  then  com 
manded  by  Col  A.  A[.  Scales,  afterwards  Genl.  Scales,  Thos. 
Ruffin,  Lieut.  Col. —  I  was  Capt.  of  Co  A.  (Y'anceyville  Gravs,) 
late  in  the  evening  on  the  right  of  the  Yorktown  road,  the 
regiment,  or  rather  four  companies  of  the  regiment  was  charg- 
ed by  a  Pennsylvania  regiment   (of  Buck  Tails,)  the  four  com- 


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panies  alone  were  euo-aged — the  ulher  six  were  so    placed  that 
tliey  could  not  lire  or  eu^af^e  in  the  battle.     Three  companies, 
B.  of  Mecklenburp-;  K   oi  Kockinoham  and  Caswell,  and  G.  of 
Edgecombe  were   actually  engap^ed  in  a  hand  to  hand  bayonet 
charge  with  the  Pennsylvania  regiment.     I  witnessed  our  men 
receiving    a  charge  with    bayonets,  and    saw  contest  after  con- 
test, where  the  death  of  one  of  the  parties  onl}'^  ended  the  con- 
test, the  dead   of  both  armies  lay  side  by    side,  killed  in   both 
cases  by  bayonets      Dr.  Giles  P  Bailey  of  Rockinham  (bounty, 
Capt.  of  Co.  K.  was  shot  while  in  the  act  of  cleaving  the  skull 
of  a   Federal  soldier   who    was  attempting    to    kill  him  with  a 
bayonet.     I  saw      att  Ward  of  Rockingham  County,  who  was 
loading  bis  mus'^et  when  ( hai'ged  by  a  federal,  drop  the  ram- 
mer and   locked  bayonets  with   his   enemy  and  carried  him  to 
the    ground    with    his    bayonet    through    him.     Capt.    Hugh 
Guerrant    who  was  in  the  very    midst   of  the   hand   to  hand 
fieht.  and   had  several  men  in  his  regiment  killed  with  bayo- 
nets,   says  that  he   could  ste   and    hear   the   bayonets   clash 
along  the  line  as  they  locked  shoulder  to  shoulder      We  were 
firing  at  close    range  before  locking  bayonets,  so  close  that   J. 
L   Ward  of     i  y  company  not   having  time  to  draw  his  ram- 
rod shot  it   through  the  body  of  his    man   then    clubbing  his 
musket  Ward  brained  three  of  the  enemy  with  the  butt  of  his 
gun.     In  this  hand   to  hand  fight,  Ward  the  hero  of  the  day, 
received  seven  bayonet  wounds,  two  gun  shots  and  one  sabre 
cut,  th<-  ground  was  covered  with  the  FeiJeral  dead,   many  of 
them    bayoneted    in  every    conceivable  manner;  the  gallant 
thirteenth  held  the  field. 

Col.  Fox  a  Federal  Offi  er.  who  is  engaged  by  the  War 
department  in  aiding  to  prepare  an  account  of  the  late  con- 
test, as  shown  by  the  Confederate  records,  has  prepared  a 
list  of  the  27  Regiments  that  had  most  men  killed  and 
wounded  in  any  one  battle  of  the  war,  North  Carolina  stands 
at  the  head  of  the  list,  with  6  regiments,  and  gallant  Miss- 
issippi next  with  S. 

Such  was  the  heroism  of  the  North  Carolina  tr.v  ps  from 
Bethel  to  Bentonsville,  and  as  Napoleon  sle  ;  mid  the 
squares  of  the  Old  Guard,  and  rested  t. is  throne  upon  their 
bayonets  in  a  hundred  battles,  so  did  the  peerless  Lee, 
rely  upon  North  Carolina's  veterans. 

And  as  they  were  brave,  so  have  they  ever  shown  them- 
selves generous  and  noble.  Not  one  word  would  they  utter 
in  derogation  of  the  magnificent  heroism  and  self-sacrificing 
spirit  of  their  brethren  in  arms,  from  other  states.  Nor 
would  they  detract  one  iota  from  the  soldierly  qualities  of. 


I  111'      INKlN"     VK'IKkAN. 

TiiH  army  uf  XortluTii  Virginia  dni  ncjt  win  eternal  glo- 
ry witiioLit  tljH  hardest  work,  and  t  ,u  uio.->t  desperate  fighting, 
tliat  the  wtirld  hasevtr  .set-n.  Barring  mercenaries,  and  a  low 
elenjent  from  the  northern  cities,  the  Federal  Soldier,  was  de- 
ciplined,  determined,  and  otV-n  lieroic.  It  is  to  our  honor 
tliat  this  should  he  known.  Tiie  splendor  ot  the  (Jarthage- 
nian  arms  was  written  upon  tlje  shields  of  the  Roman  Le- 
gions. I'ne  glory  of  the  Confederate  soldier,  is  h^'sf  st^en  in  the 
unsuccessful  but  i  eroic  charges  of  the  Union  troops. 

At  sec(jnd  Manassas  the  lirst  assault  of  tlje  '^'edeals  was 
succeeded  by  another  and  another,  ever  increasing  in  fury, 
until  th  y  had  made  six  <2:reat  l)ut  unsuccessful  assaults.  The 
deeds  of  the  Federals  at  Fredericksburg,  cliitHy  Meagher's 
Irish  l^rigade  surpassed  the  best  work  of  the  Englis  i  at  In- 
kerman.  Tfie  first  charge  of  four  thousand  was  repulsed  in  a 
few  mlnu  es  witti  a  loss  of  sixteen  hundred  men.  The  sec- 
ond charging  column  of  twenty-five  hundrei),  which  followed 
immediately  over  the  ground  of  the  first  c:  arge,  resulted  in 
twentii  viinules  in  a  loss  of  lien  lhoiif<and,  and  in  the  third 
charge  of  four  thous  nd  veterans,  wiiich  followed  at  once, 
they  lost  seventeen  hundred  and  sixty 

What  a  spectacle  was  that  at  Cold  Harboi'  in  sixty-four  ! 
Grant  hurled  liis  whole  army,  one  hundred  and  fifty  tuou- 
sand  strong,  straight  at  the  tront  of  Lee;  and  in  less  than 
/hirh/  miniiteti,  thirlren  Oioumnd  of  his  best  troops,  were  lying 
in  heaps  upon  the  bio  dy  ground.  When  a  second  charge 
was  ordered,  says  ^\y.  Swinton,  "tl.e  Army  of  the  Potomac 
refused  to  move;"  a  silent  protest  against  their  Commander, 
and  a  splendid  tribute  to  the  Arnjy  of  Xorthern  Virginia. 
For  the  most  part,  such  was  the  m<ia!  with  which  our  heroes 
ijad  to  contend  ior  funr  year.^. 

THE    COMMANDER THE     PRIVATE. 

Says  John  Esten  Cooke,  '"narratives  of  battles  are  cheifly, 
studied  ;;nd  admired  for  the  plans  and  combinations  of 
mighty  intellects.''  Up  to  the  time  of  the  order  to  "fire"  or, 
"charge  bayonets,"'  it  is  a  matter  of  science  logistics,  tactics 
strategy  ;  after  that  order,  it  is  for  the  Private--  and  subordi- 
nate officers  to  execute  it,  amid  smoke  and  fire,  the  hail  of 
bullets  and  the  blaze  of  batteries,  the  flash  of  sabres,  and  the 
glitter  of  bayonets,  the  smell  of  blood,  and  the  groans  of  the 
dying.  The  Historian  not  possessing  the  colors  of  the  pain- 
ter cannot  present  the  picture  in  detail.  It  took  ^lessonier 
fifteen  years  to  paint  his  masterpiece,  "Napoleon  Reviewing 
his  Troops  after  the  Battle  of  Friedland." 


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It  would  re(iuire  t!u'  united  effort  of  Raphael  and  Angelo 
and  Da  Vinci,  and  Kaulbacli,  a  century,  to  portray  the  heroic 
deeds  of  the  soldiers  of  the    Southern  Contederacy. 

A  French  mathematician  has  said,  "if  instead  of  water  the 
current  of  the  river  Seine  were  the  blood  of  the  slain  in  bat- 
tle since  the  Trojan  War,  it  would  require  tifty-four  hours  for 
it  to  tlow  by  a  given  point  on  the   river  bank." 

And  yet  we  can  number  on  our  two  hands,  the  military 
heroes  whose  names  live  in  hlistory. 

We  read  of  Ciesar  in  Gaul  and  Germany  and  on  the  banks 
of  the  Adriatic,  "trailing  his  legions  as  a  torch  trails  smoke," 
conquering  Provinces  and  slauglitering  two  million  peo- 
ple, but  we  know  nothing  of  the  individuals  who  composed 
his  legions;  their  deeds  went  to  make  the  name  of— Ctesar. 
Hannibal  is  known  to  the  world,  but  the  Carthagenian  phal- 
anxes slain  at  Cannse  and  under  the  walls  of  Rome,  are — 
shadows  Fame  carved  but  two  names  at  Thermopyke  — Le- 
onidas  and  Xerxes.  Napoleon  was  the  genius  of  battle. 
Europe  was  his  chess  board.  Nations  his  pieces.  But  what 
of  the  private  soldiers  of  his  grand  armies?  In  the  over- 
powering brightness  of  his  name,  they  are  forgotten.  Mas- 
senna  is  famous  because  he  commanded  at  the  passage  of  the 
Traun.  Who  thinks  of  the  twel  e  thousand  French  veterans 
slaughtered  upon  the  bridge?  Victor  is  renowed  because 
of  the  manner  in  which  he  covered  the  retreat  of  the  Grand 
Army  from  Russia.  Who  thinks  of  his  sixteen  thousand  vet- 
erans, whose  dead  liodies  were  revealed  by  the  melting  snow 
hills,  and  the  thawing  Beresina? 

With  the  utmost  respect  and  admiration  I  bow  to  the 
Confe'''e-ate  Officer  but  I  desire  to  emphasize  the  fact,  that  my 
purpos-  in  ihese  remarks  is  to  pay  tribute  to  the  Confederate 
Private,  and  special  tribute  to  private  Henry  L.  Wyatt 

Duriog  our  late  conflict,  too  often  was  the  sentiment  of 
the  famous  war  time  poem  realized: 

"All  quiet  along  the  Potomac  tonight 
Except  now  and  then,  a  stray  picket 
Is  shot,  as  he  walks  his  beat  to  and  fro, 
By  a  rifleman  hid  in  the  thicket. 
Tis  nothing — a  private  or  two  now  and  then 
WiU  not  count  in  the  news  of  the  battle. 
Not  an  officer  lost — only  one  of  the  men 
Moaning  out  all  alone  the  death  rattle." 

A  ylorious  broiherhood  that  chivalric  band,  who  for  home 
and  honor  stood  a  wall  of  fiie  and  steel  for  four  years  against 
the  onrushing  millions  of  the  North. 


1  '2 

"Wide  sundered  now.  Ijy  moii    tain   and  l:iv  stream 
<  »ni;r  lircithcrs — still   a  lirotlR-rhcHid   tlu-y   scrm." 

And  to  ill*-  li<-r()es  who  survive,  to  whotxi  tlie  deadly  b  Het  and 
tlasl:ii)i:-  sahce  dul  not  com-  to  ta^e  awey  tlieir  j>riceles.s  lives, 
though  th  y  l)ared  iheir  brave  tit-aits  as  a  bulwark,  I  bow  \o- 
dav  with  tdt-rnal  love  and   admira  ion. 

Toe  tnajonty  oi  the  ranK  and  HIh  wi  li  no  >-lave  proper  y 
to  protect  with  none  ot  the  in^iLMda  nd  >dlorics  of  war  bee ••  on  • 
ing  them  on,  endureinu;  all  things  and  fearing  nothing;  left  al 
they  loved,  and  risked  all  they  had.  •"When  ilie  loud  cry  of 
their  hreatened  Southland."  t  il  on  their  ears.  God  has  not 
xua(  e  a  greater,  i  obler,  pure  lieroe  than,  the  private  soldier 
of  tiie  Confedera  e  Annies 

••(  iidy  a  ]>ii\-atf  to  march   and   t<_)  tit^ht 
To  suftl-i-  and  star\-L-  and  l)i-  strong. 

(  >nly  a  j)ri\-atL-.  no  rililion  iir  star 
Shall  gild  witli  false  glory  his  name. 
No  honor  for  him  in    hraid  or  in  l)ar 
His  Legion  of  Honor  is  oidv  a  scar. 
And  his  \vounds  arc  his  roll  of  fame. 

Ordy  a  pri\-ate  I  one  more  here  slain 

Ua  the  field  lies  silent  and    chill 

And  in  the  far  South,  a  wife  jjravs  in  \'ain 

One  clasp  of  the  hand  she  may  ne'er  clasp  again 

One  kiss  from  the  lips  that  are  still. 

Only  a  martyr!  who  fought  and  who  fell 
L'nknown  and  unmarked  in  the  strife. 
lUit  still  as  he  lies  in  lonely  cell? 
Angle  and  seraph  the  legend  shall  tell. 
Such  a  death  is  etenif.l  life." 

A  great  military  cri  ic  declares  that  th  -  "Infantry  service 
of  the  Confederate  arm3'  was  the  fines  body  of  li^ht  foot  the 
wo  Id  ever  saw  They  possessed  all  the  tenacitv  in  linn  of  the 
Austran  all  tlie  confidence  in  attact  and  self  possessif)n  in 
defeat  of  the  British,  and  all  the  d  ring  int:epiiity  of  the 
French. ' 

The  Confederate  skirmishers  were  the  terror  of  the  Fed- 
eral Army  but  the  p  ide  and  glory  of  the  Southern  Army 
was  its  matchless  artillery  arm.  The  world  has  never  pro- 
duced such  a  body  as  the  renowned  Artiller}' corps  that  w.s 
wielded  by  that  eminen;  chieftain  Major  General  Wm.  H. 
Pendleton 

THE  PANTHEON  OF  THE  SOUTH. 

And  so,  with  uncovered  head,  and  with   profound  admi- 
ration and   love,  I   pass   bv   to-day   the   Pantheon    wherein    a 
grateful  people  treasures  the  memory  of  the  great  leaders   of 
tne  Confederacy. 


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Jeffe  son  Davi-;  Pairiot,  Stalesmnn.  Soldier,  who  upheld 
ihe  fortunes  of  the  Conf^d  r  cy.  with  his  naatchle-s  genius 
as  Hector  apt  e 'i  those  of  Troy.  Of  whom  Gei  eral  Grant  said 
jiftei  the  w  .r,  "he  did  as  n)uch  tor  th*^  South  as  any  one  man 
could  t'ave  done,  and  how  much  he  did  do,  we  ol  the  North 
know  better  even  than  the  S  uih." 

Robert  Edward  I^ee;  the  peerless  soldier,  whom  Jackson 
said  he  "would  be  willing  to  follow  blindfold," and  whom  the 
Military  critics  of  Europe  pronounced  greater  than  Alexander, 
Caesar  or  Napoleon,  "and  whose  name  is  enshrined  in  the  hearts 
of  the  Southern  people. 

"Forth  from  its  scabbard,  pure  and  bright 
Flashed  the  sword  of  Lee  ; 
Far  in  tlie  front  of  the  deadly  fight. 
High  o'er  the  brave  in  the  cause  of  right 
Its  stainless  sheen  like  a  beacon  light 
Led  us  to  victory. 

Out  of  its  scabbard.     Never  hand 
Waved  sword  from  stain  as  free; 
Nor  PURER  SWORD,  led  braver  band. 
Nor  BRAVER  bled  for  brighter  land, 
Nor  brighter  land  had  a  cause  as  grand, 
Nor  cause  a  chief  like  Lee." 

Albert  Sidney  Johnson;  of  whom  General  Taylor  says, 
"'he  brought  t)  <  ur  armies  a  civil  and  military  exp-rience  sur- 
passing that  of  any  other  leader.  One  snort  hour  of  life 
m<;re  to  him,  would  have  given  us  Shiloh,  and  there  would 
have  been  no  loss  of  Vicksburg  and  Donelson."  He  bled  to 
death  in  front  of  battle,  fearing  that  his  fall  mignt  demoral- 
ize his  troops  Grand  hero  and  martyr.  If  it  were  ever 
possible  for  •  ne  man  to  save  the  Confederacy,  she  lost  him 
when  Sidney  Johnson  fell  on  the  field  of  Shiloh,  Swinton 
says,  "he  was  the  brightest  star  in  the  firmament  of  the 
Southern  Confederacy." 

Stonewall  JacKS  n;  whose  fall  shrouded  the  South  in 
sorrow,  whose  presence  at  Gettysburg  General  Lee  said, 
"would  have  given  us  a  great  victory."  and  whose  bronze 
statue  in  Richmond  presented  by  English  gentlemen  speaks 
the  admiration  of  the  world,  for  his  sublime  military  and 
moral  character. 

"His  form  has  passed  away 
His  voice  is  silent  and  still; 
No  more  at  the  head  of  the  "  'Old  Brigade,' " 

The     DARING  MEN  whO  were  NEVER  DISMAYED, 

Will  he  lead  them,  to  glory  that  can  never  fade — 
"  '  Stonewall ' ''  of  the  iron  will  " 


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Joseph  E.  Johnson;  the  beau  ideal  of  a  s  )ldier,  cf  whom 
General  Grant  said  after  the  war,  "I  feared  Joe  Johnson 
more  than  any  other  Confederate  commander  I  ever  had  in 
my  front." 

l>eaiuvo;nrd,  the  gTe;itest  ruilitary  enginef-r  since  Todlebeu, 
the  hero  of  ^ian'ij-sas,  tli=*  trusted  and  beloved  soldier  of  the 
South. 

Jubal  A  Early;  the  intrepid  Lie  tenant  of  Lee,  who 
hung  like  a  mi^ihty  war  clnud  a'love  the  Federal  Cipitol,  and 
carried  con!-ternati<'n  into  the  h-arts  nf  the  North. 

A.  P.  Hill;  the  chivalrie,  c   mmauderof  the  Light  division. 

Ewell,  the  blunt  aud  determined  soldier,  trained  and 
trusted  by  Jackson."  I).  H.  Hdl,  the  brilliant  commander. 
Hood,  the  dashing  aud  indomi  abl«  Texan. 

The  magnificent  au'l  behived  Pettigiew,  whose  ski  1  and 
daring  ma'le  liim  a  name  as  immortal  a-  the  stars.  Th^  no- 
ble Ashby,  the  gallant  Pelhim,  tlie  brave  Pender  and  Dan- 
iels ami  Br.nch,ihe  superb  llamseiir,  :ind  J.  E.  B.  Stu  irt 
the  oreate.--i  cavalrv man,'' .-.s  Ct  neral  Honker  said,  "yet  horn 
on  this  contine  t  "  Yes,  I  pa<s  this  gl  'ions  gahixy  of  patri. 
ots  and  Officers  u  -day  and  place  my  tribute  upon  th^'  humble 
trrave  of  the  meu,  whos  •  patriotism,  atience,  endurance  and  he- 
roism, find  their  best  expression  m  the  fame  of  the  ^  reat  lead- 
ers, whose  glory  res'ed  upon  their  bayonets. 

Looking  down  the  centuries,  I  see  uo  tigure  comparable 
with  the  soldier  of  the  South,  clad  in  the  simple  uniform  of  the 
Confedera  e  Priva  e,  with  the  old  slouch  hat  and  glistening 
bayonet. 

HF.XKY    L.     WV.\TT. 

"Their  praise  is  liyniiiL^d  liy  loftier  harjjs  than  mint-. 
Yet  One  I  would  select  from  that  jjroud  throng, 
Because  his  blood  was  first  i:n)urL'd  out  gainst  Noiihern  wrong, 
"And  because  he  was  of  the  bravest,  and  when  shower'd 
The  death  bolts  deadliest,  the  thin  ranks  along. 
Even  amid  the  thickest  of  wars  awful  riot. 
They  reached  no  nobler  breast  than  thine,  young  gallant  Wyatt." 

The  Edgecombe  Guards  had  the  <listinciion  of  furnish- 
ing th    first  soldier  kilLd  in  our  civil  "War. 

On  t-  e  10th  ot  June.  861,  at  Bi'j:  Bethel.  Virginia,  a 
regimeut(the  First  North  Caiolina  Voluntel-r^)  of  Confederate 
tronps,  command^  d  by  Colou'-l  I)  H.  Hill,  whiie  expec  t'i:gan 
engagement, was  halted  within  a  few  hundred  yjirds  ot  an  o:d 
church  situated  between  the  two  lines.  In  the  church,  a 
detachment  of  North  rn  soldiers  had  concealed  themseives 
to  fordly   and  maintain  their  position. 


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Volnntters  were  ca!l<d  for  tr^  ij2;nit'^  the  church  in  order 
to  drive  the  enemy  from  ihe  sm  nuhold.  Those  who  volun- 
teend  to  perform  the  perilous  task  were  Henry  L.  Wyait 
John  H.  Thorpe,  Thomas  Falhin  and  George  T.  Widiams,  all 
I)  emhnrs  of  ti.e  Edgecombe  Guards 

When  within  a  !-hort  distance  •  f  the  church,  the  enemy 
began  iinng  upon  them,  and  bra^-e  Wyatt,  the  flr^t  martyr, 
was  strick  ti  down,  btirg  mortally  w-  ui  ded.  Such  bravery 
as  char  icterized  the  action  of  these  men  on  that  occasion  is 
s  Idotii  exhibited. 

The  General  A.-^sembly  of  Norih  Carolina,  at  its  session 
in  18U1,  as  a  'oken  of  aptreciation  "f  the  valorous  deed  of 
Wyatt,  had  his  photograph  -  nlarged  -nd  placed  in  the  State 
Lif-rary. 

Of  Henry  Lunsford  Wyatt,  the  first  hero  who  fell  in  de- 
fence of  Southi-rn  homes  and  Constitutional  liberty,  ani- 
luated  by  unseltisb  \  atriotism  and  splendid  courage,  but  few 
facts  cau  be  recorded.  He  was  so  young,  and  so  soou  ottered 
as  a  sacritice  on  the  altar  of  Southern  freedom.  But  while  his 
life  is  uD eventful  prior  to  t  e  first  battle  of  the  war,  his  name 
andmemory  will  live  in  the'^  hearts  of  his  countrymen  as  long 
as  those  of  the  great  Commanders  whose  deeds  illuminate  the 
]  ages  of  history. 

It  has  often  happened  that  one  deed  has  made  a  man  im- 
mortal. 

Publius  Horatius  holding  the  bridge  against  the  whole 
army  of  Porsena  won  fame  that  will  live  when  the  Coliseum 
and  the  proudest  monuments  of  Rome  shall  have  crumbled  into 
dust. 

Winkelreid,  when  he  broke  the  front  of  the  enemy  by 
throwing  his  body  upon  their  spears,  thus  insuring  Swiss  inde 
pendence,  won    fame  as  eternal  as  his  own  Alpine  peaks 

And  when  William  Lunsford  Wyatt  gave  his  young  life 
for  us  at  Bit.'  Bethel,  his  name  was  surrounded  by  a  halo  of 
glory,  as  lasting  as  the  granite  foundations  of  Virginia's  moun- 
tains, and   the  flow  of  her  crystal  rivers. 

In  the  first  years  of  this  century  the  example  of  a  private 
soldier  won  a  great  vi  tory  for  France  on  the  plains  of  the 
Danube.  Ever  afterward  at  the  parade  of  b-s  batallion  the 
name  of  Latourd'  A  uverg  e  was  first  called,  when  the  oldest 
Sergeant  stepped  to  the  front  and  answered. — "Died  on  the  field 
of  honor.' 

The  example  of  William  Lunsford  Wyatt,  thrilled  and  in- 
spired every  son  of  the  South,  and  though  his  young  body  lay 
dead,  his  brave  sfirit  yet  lived  in  their  heartsas  an  inspiration, 


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as  they  strugj^^led  on  bloo  ly  fields,  and  charged  the  frowning 
ramparts  of  the  enemy. 

Let  his  name  forever  hve.  Let  us  teach  it  to  our  children 
and  wreath  it  with  that  sulime  sentiment.  "Died  on  the  field  of 
honor  and  of  duty." 

The  Peri  stood  at  the  gate  of  Heaven  dis:'onsolate,  listening 
to  sweet  music  within.  The  glorious  angel  who  was  kee|dng 
v.he  gate,  beholding  her  weeping  said: 

■■The  I'<-ri  yt.-t  may  1  >e  fc)^L;■i^•en, 
Who  lirings  lo  tin's  eternal  ;^ate 
The  C<\H  that  is  most  dear  to  Hea\'en 
("lO  seek  it  and  re<leem   thy  sin — 
Tis  sweet  tu  let  the  jjardoued  in." 

Through  the  Vniverse  the  I'eri  seeks  until  now,  hovering 
o'er  a  battle  plain,  where  Freedom  and  Tyrany  contend,  she 
sees  the  tyrant  conquers,  the  hero  fall. 

"Swiftly  descetuling'  on  a  ray 
Of  morning  lii,dit,  slie  caught  the  last — 
Last  gk)rious  drop  his  heart  had  shed. 
Before  his  free —  born  sjiirit  Hed. 

Be  this,  she  cried,  as  she  wing-"d  her  flight 

My  welcome  gift  at  the  gates  of  light 

For  if  there  be  on  this  earthly  sphere 

A  boon,  an  offering  Heaven  holds  dear 

'Tis  the  last  libation  Liberty  draws 

From  the  heart  that  bleeds  and  breaks  in  hercause." 

succKss  IS  NOT  thb:  tkst  of  merit. 

Their  cause  was  ho-t.  But  tlie  exa  t  p  e  of  their  devotion 
to  principle  is  a  priceless  legacy  to  civihz4ion.  Hi.-tory 
teaches  on  many  pages  that  success  is  not  the  test  of  honor 
and  merit.  Wallace  failed,  bu  time  has  not  cahimniated  his 
name.  Warren  fel.  fighting  the  fl)  '  of  Britain  :  t  B.nker 
Hi  1.  but  thn  world  ihinks  none  the  le  s  of  hi:i^.  C'romweirs 
is  on'-  of  the  brighust  names  in  English  History,  though  he 
founded  a  Republic  which  soon  sunk  bene;ith  the  re-estab- 
lished •hroue  ot  the  Stuar's  The  name  of  Wash  ngton  is 
st  11  uneclipsed  save  by  that  of  Roben  E  Lee  In  no  way 
can  we  honor  our  heroes  better,  than  by  pri-sentiny 

SOME    GLIMPSES    OF    THE    CONFEDERATES    IX    BATTLE. 

A  memb  r  of  a  New  York  Battery  at  '"Seven  Pines"  af- 
terwardr-  said:  "Our  shot  lore  their  ranks  wide  open,  and 
scattered  them  ^sunder  in  a  manner  fiighttul  to  see  But 
they  closed  up  ai  once  and  came  on  steady  >  s  Englisti  vet^  r- 
ans'  When  they  got  within  four  hundred  yards,  we  closed 
our  case  shot,  and  opened    on  them   with  canister,  and  such 


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clestrucuDu  1  never  witirssed  before.  Whole  Companies 
melted  away  like  frost  bribe  that  awful  fire,  but  they  clothed 
up  with  an  Oder  and  du-o  pane  th;.t  was  marvelous  to  be- 
hold," 

A  Northern  writer  describing  the  Southern  veterans  at 
Chancellorsville  said,  "The  enemy  could  be  seen  swee-pinp; 
slowly,  bnt  confidently  forward,  and  n'"  thing  could  excite 
mi  re  admirati  u  than  the  manner  in  which  they  advanced 
uion  <he  Federal  lines.  We  say  it  reluctantly,  and  f  r  the 
first  time,  that  the  Southerners  ha  e  shown  the  finest  qi:!al- 
ities,  and  we  acknowledge  their  superiority  in  the  open  field 
to  our  men.  They  di-liverpd  their  fire  \Yith  j)recisinn,  and 
were  inflexible,  and  immo»  able,  under  the  storm  of  shell  and 
shot  that  play<-d  up  n  them" 

A  Federal  veteran  after  the  battle  of  Sharpsburg  wrote 
t)  a  Ncr  hern  jc-rnal,  "It  is  beyond  all  w^ouder,  how  the 
C  tifeder  te  troops  can  fight  as  they  do.  That  these  ragged, 
halfstn'>ed,  sitk  and  miserable  men,  should  prove  su'  h  heroes, 
is  beyond  all  explanation.     Soldiers  never  fought  better." 

After  the  bat'le  of  Chiokamauga  the  London  Times  said, 
'The  people  of  the  Confederate  States  have  made  themselves 
famous.  If  the  renown  of  brilliant  courage,  SGern  devotion  to 
a  cause,  and  military  a'  heivements  almost  without  parrallel, 
ctn  compensate  men  f  r  such  toil  and  hardship  as  they  have 
endured,  then  the  countrymen  of  Lee  and  .Ta^'ks  >n,  may  be 
consoled  amid  their  suffering.  From  all  parts  of  Europe, 
from  their  enemies  as  well  as  friends,  comes  the  tribute  of  ad- 
miration." 

At  Cold  Harboi",  General  Lee  pausing  a  moment,  and 
listening  to  the  long  streaming  roar  in  the  woods,  said  to 
Jackson,  "That  firing  is  very  h'^a^y,  do  you  think  your  men 
can  stand  it '?"  Jackson  turning  his  head  to  one  side,  as  was  his 
cust  m,  listened,  and  then  said  in  his  brief  way,  "They  can  stand 
almost  any  thing,  they  can  stafid  that." 

General  ^NlcClellan  declared  that  he  had  "prepared  to 
clothe  ]Malvern  Hill  in  sheets  of  flame  "  Every  ravine  swarm- 
ed with  his  Infantry,  and  along  every  hill  frowned  his  pow- 
erful artil  ery,  with  a  clear  play  of  twelve  hundred  yards,  sup- 
ported bv  still  heavier  batteries  and  gunboats.  Yet  over  this 
plain  scourged  by  grape  and  canister,  the  veterans  of  Huger 
and  Maeruder  advanced  as  if  to  a  banquet. 

There  was  no  heroism  displayed  by  the  English  in  storm- 
ing the  Great  Redan,  nor  by  the  French  m  their  a.^sault  upon 
the  Malakoff,    that  surpassed  the  deeds  of  the  "Boys  in  Grey," 


IcS 

God  bless  ilicni,    as  thev    rushed  up    the  blood  slippery  slopes 
ofiNIahern  Hill. 

After  the  battle  of  the  Wild'-rness,  General  Lee  iu  his  ad- 
dress t  '  his  army  said,  "With  heart  felt  ^ratitiratiou,  the  Gen- 
eral commnndiijf?,  expr  sses  to  the  army  his  sense  of  the  heroic 
conduct  displayed  by  officers  and  men  during  the  ardious 
operations  in  whi  h  they  hare  just  been  engaged. 

Under  trying  vicis-^itudes  of  heat  and  storm,  you  attacked 
the  enemy  strongly  entrenched,  in  the  dei^ths  of  a  tangled 
wilderness,  and  aj^ain  on  the  hills  of  Fredericksburg,  and 
by  the  ^  alor  thnt  h^H  tri inn/ ilinj  on  .^a  man;/ jii^h/s,  for«  ed  him 
on?e  m-  re  to  seek  safety  bey-  nd  the  Rappahauock.  W  hile 
this  glorious  ^  ictory  entitles  ^'ou  to  the  gratitude  and  ]  raise  of 
the  nation,  we  are  specially  called  upon  to  return  our  gr  itef ul 
thanks  to  the  only  giver  of  victo)y. 

J^et  us  not  forget  in  our  rejoicing,  the  brave  soldiers  who 
have  fallen  in  defense  of  their  country,  and  while  we  mourn 
their  loss,  let    us  try   to  emulate  their  example. 

After  ill ^'  B:ittlH  of  Malvern  Hill,  a  Confederal  soldier 
was  found  <Uad  lifiy  yards  i-i  advance  of  any  otticer  orraan. 
his  musket  lirinly  i;rasp-d  in  the  rigid  lingers,  name  unknown, 
simply  '  "2nd  Li  "  on  his   cap 

Trivatt  Birnes  of  Wilson  Gouuty,  'it  ilv  bloody  angle  at 
Gettysburg,  advanced  until  all  his  color  guard  were  shot 
down  aroui  d  him.  and  then  rushing  foiward  f-11  mortally 
woun  ;ed  and  now  fear, ng  that  the  neloved  colors  might  fall  in- 
to the  hands  of  the  enemy  he  tore  theiu  from  i  he  stall' and 
thrust  them  into  his  bo~om  s  aine  t  with  thee  imson  lite  tide 
which  gushed  from  his  heroic  heart. 

And  the  Confederate  soldier  who  fell  nearest  the  Federal 
Capitol  during  the  w.ir  was  a  private  from  the  County  of  An- 
son North  Carolina 

What  spirit  animated  these  heroes  and  Henry  L.  AVyatt 
and  their  bre  hren  in  arms? 

A  splendid  manhood  reared  in  a  land  of  chivalay  and 
ticauty,  inspired  '>y  loftiest  principles,  and  a  sublime  patri- 
otism 

Nowhere  was  the  heroism  of  the  Southern  soldier  so  re- 
splendent and  sublime,  as  in  the  trenches  around  Petersburg 
during  the  death  throes  of  the  Confederacy;  decimated  to  a 
mere  skel<^ton  of  the  Grand  Army  once  the  pride  and  hope  of 
the  South,  the  terror  and  dispair  of  the  Norih,  and  the  admira- 
tion of  the  World — ragged,  shoeless,  starving,  surrounded  by 
the  massive  concentric  lines  of  the  enemy  perfectly  equiped 
with  the   world  to   draw  on — their    homes  and   loved    ones  at 


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the  mercy  of  the  foe,  conscious  that  mines  were  being  slowly 
opened  at  their  very  feet,  to  hurl  them  into  t  ternity,  unable  to 
see  a  single  star  of  hope  th  ough  the  cloud  of  despair  that 
hung  like  a  pall  about  them — still  they  clung  to  the  Stars  and 
Bars,  shivered,  and  starved  and  sickened  in  those  trench- 
es, and  walked  those  parapets  with  the  same  magnificent  he- 
roism and  unconquerable  spirit  that  had  sna'ched  victory 
irom  a  hundred  tire  fringi  d  battlements,  and  crimson  fields  of 
carnaize 

No  braver  soldier  drew  sword  in  that  titanic  contest  than 
Major  General  R.  F  Hoke  I  cannot  refrain  from  incorpor- 
ting  in  these  remarks  his  last  words  to  his  splendid  com- 
mand, for  they  constitute  a  glorious  tri  ute  to  the  heroism  of 
the  private  soldier. 

Farewell  address  of  General  Hoke. 

Headquarters  of  Hoke's  Division,  near  Greensboro,  N.  C,  May 

ist,  ISG-'i. 
Soldiers  of  my  division; 

On  the  eve  of  a  long,  perhaps  a  final  separation,  I  ad- 
dress to  ynu  :he  last  sad  words  of  parting. 

The  fortunes  of  war  ha^  e  turned  the  scale  against  us.  The 
proud  banners  which  you  have  waved  so  gloriously  ov^r 
many  a  fi-ld  are  to  be  turled  at  last.  But  they  are  not  dis- 
graced, mv  comrads.  Your  indomitable  courage,  your  heroic 
fortitude  your  patience  under  sufferngs,  have  surrounded 
them  with  a  halo  which  future  years  can  never  dim.  His- 
tory will  bear  witness  to  your  valor,  and  su  cceeding  genera- 
tions will  point  with  adrairaiion  to  your  j^rand  struggle  for 
constitutional  freedom. 

Soldiers,  your  past  is  full  of  glory.  Treasure  it  in  your 
hearts.  Remember  each  gory  battle-field,  each  day  of  ■victory, 
each  bleeding  comrad! 

Think,  then,  of  your  home. 

"Preedom's  battle,  once  begun. 
Bequeathed  from  bleeding  sire  to  son, 
Though  baffled  oft,  is  ever  won." 

You  have  yielded  to  overwhelming  forces,  not  fo  superior 
valor.  You  are  paroled  prisoners,  not  sla^  es.  The  love  of  lib- 
erty which  led  you  into  he  contest  burns  as  brightly  in  vour 
hearts  as  ever*.  Cherish  it.  Associate  it  with  the  history  of  the 
past.  Transmit  it  to  your  children.  Teach  them  the  rights  of 
freedom  and  teach  tnem  to  maintain  them.  Teach  them  the 
proudest  day  in  all  your  career  was  that  on  which  you  enlisted 
as  Southern  soldiers  entering  that  holy  brotherhood  whose  ties 
are  now  sealed  by  the  blood  of  your  compati"iots  who  have  fallen 


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and  who>e    bistory    is  coeval    witli  the    brillinnt    record    of  the 
past  four  years. 

iSoldiers,  amid  the  imjierish^ble  hiurels  that  surround  your 
brows,  no  brighter  leaf  adorns  tljeiu  than  your  connection  with 
the  late  A  any  of  Northern  Virginia! 

The  star  that  i^ilone  with  solendor  (ner  oft  repeated 
fields  of  victor^',  over  the  two  deadly  struggles  of  '^  annssas 
Plains,  over  Hichincnd,  Chancellorsville  and  FredeTicksbijrg, 
has  sent  its  n.y  and  been  reflecited  where  true  courage  is  ad- 
mired, or  wherever  freedom  has  a  friend.  That  star  has  set  in 
blood,  but  yet  in  glory.  That  army  is  now  of  the  past.  The 
banneis  trail,  but  not  with  ignominy.  Vo  stain  blots  tlieir  es- 
cutcheons, "^o  lilush  can  tinge  your  cheeks  as  you  proudly 
announce  that  you  have  a  rart  iu  the  history  of  the  Army  of 
Northern  Virginia. 

My  comrads,  we  liav3  borne  together  the  same  hardships; 
we  have  shared  together  the  same  dangers;  we  have  rejoiced 
over  the  same  victories.  Your  trials,  yonr  patience  have  ex- 
cited sympathy  aad  admiration,  and  I  have  borne  willing  wit- 
ness to  your  b,  a^  ery  and  it  is  with  a  heart  full  of  greatful  emo- 
tions for  your  services  and  ready  obedient  e  that  I  take  leave 
of  you.  viay  I  he  future  of  eai  h  one  be  as  happy  as  your  past 
career  has  been  biilhant,  and  may  no  cloud  ever  dim  the  bright- 
ness of  your  fame.  The  past  rises  before  me  in  its  illimitable 
grandeur.  Its  memories  are  i^art  of  the  life  of  each  one  of  us. 
But  it  is  all  over  now.  Yet,  though  the  sad  dark  ^eil  of  defeat 
is  over  us,  fear  not  the  future,  but  meet  it  with  manly  hearts. 
You  carry  to  your  homes  the  heartfelt  wishes  of  your  General 
for  your  prosj^erit}'. 

My  comrads.  farevv'ell ! 

R.  P.  HOKE,  :\ra,ior  General. 

W.VTFKLOO (iETTYSBlRC. 

Hugo  says  of  the  charge  of  The  Old  (Juard  at  Waterloo, 
"When  the  tall  bear  skins  of  the  Grenadiers  of  the  Guard, 
with  the  large  eagle  device,  appeared,  .Nvmetrical  in  Jine, 
and  calm  in  the  twilight  of  this  tight,  which  was  to  annihilate 
and  immortalize  them,  the  enemy  felt  a  respect  for  France — 
they  fancied  they  saw  twenty  "victories  entering  the  battle  with 
outstretched  wings." 

And  when  the  chaiging  column  of  Longstreet  at  Gettys- 
burg, advanced  slowly  across  that  valley,  m  perfect  order,  with 
their  red  battle  Hags  flying,  and  a  forest  of  glitte  ing  steel 
above  their  heads,  closing  up  as  the  shflls  tore  great  gaps  in 
their  ranks,  and  then  rushing  hke  a  whirlwind  of  flame  upon 


the   Ff-ileial  •^iiiis,   iije  (lii.  !iiY  f<  It  a   ;  (;.•;   <  ("    tor  the  South   Mid 
tlir  t'oiil'ed'-r.af  soldiir 

"At  the  brit-f  command   of  Lee 
Mo\-ecl  out  that  matchless  infantry. 
With  Pickett  leading-  grandly  down, 
To  rush  against  the  roaring  crown 
Of  those  dread  heights  of  destiny. 

"Ah  !    how  the  withering  tempest  blew, 
Against  the  front  of  Pettigrew. 
A  Kamsin  wind  that  scorched  and  singed, 
Like  that  terrific  flame  that  fringed 
The  British  Squares  at  Waterloo. 

"Above  the  bayonets  mixed  and  crossed, 
Mill  saw  a  Gray  Gigantic  Ghost 
Receding  through  the  battle  smoke. 
And  heard  across  the  tempest  loud. 
The  death  cry  of  a  nation  lost." 

MEMORIES    OE    THE    P.A.ST. 

Some  one  hns  aid  'hit  "<  h  -ished  memorinp  ot  th-^  pHst, 
CO'  stitnte  the  mord  force  of  nations" 

"When  the  R  d  Regiment  of  En'.di.sh  Guards  recoiled  he- 
fore  The  01  Gunrd  rit  Wat-  rloo,  Wellington  cri  d  "So  diers 
of  Victoria,  Tnllevera  nnd  Salamanca,  Rememher  Old  Eng- 
land." 

The  Souh  is  rich  in  rnemories.  Let  u~  teach  them  lo 
onr  <  hil  ren.  And  if-a'  h  them,  thai  ^Nlanass  s  was  a  great  as 
Marengo;  Fredericksbu  g  a-^  great  as  Fiiediand;  Shiloh  ;)s 
grea"  ;is  ''^aiacos-a;  ihe  "Wiht  rness  as  great  as  Wagram; 
Sharpsburg  as  s.:reat  as  Solferino,  G-ttvsburg  as  great  as 
Gravelotte;  and  the  bombardment  and  defense  of  Fort  Fish- 
er as  great  as  that  of  Sebasterpool;  and  when  they  ask  of 
Eylau  and  Eckmuhl  anil  the  gorious  d  eds  of  M  rat,  and 
his  siiver-br  fsted  c-irrassieurc',  t^U  them  of  L  ngstreet,  and 
of  Stuart,  of  Hampton  aid  Forest,  otFitz  Lpe,  and  Wheehr,  of 
Ashby  and  Ransom,  of  Barringer  and  Roberts,  andofTour 
own  galLmt  Roger  Moore,  whose  courage  I  have  seen  tested 
mid  the  leaden  hail  of  death,  and  their  veterans;  and  when 
they  ask  of  Nelso  and  Lawrenc  ■,  tell  them  of  the  nobJe 
exploits  of  that  superb   nea-king.  Semmes  find  the  Al-ibama. 

THE    PROGRESSIVE    SOUTH NATIONAL    UNITY. 

Woul.i  you  tnow  whence  cantie  the  power  of  Rome? 
When  the  terror-stricken  inhabitants  sought  escape  from 
doomed  Pompeii — at  th^-  city  gate,  they  found  the  Roman 
sentinel — ''there  he  stood,  frect  and  motionless.  The  light- 
ning fl.shed  over  his  livid  face  and  polished  helmet,  but  his 


stern  l'eatui>s  were  com. posed  '  ven  in  their  awe.  Tljat  terri- 
V»le  hour  it-t  If  could  not  drivt-  tli  t  instrument  of  imperial 
Rone,  the  syu.bol  (»f  h*  r  jiower,  tronj  his  post  of  duiy." 

And  wlien  we  of  ht-  South  recall  her  con  iti  n  after  the 
War.  and  iinii  that  Pho'nix  like,  she  h^s  aiisen  fiom  the 
ashes  of  desola  ion,  and  stands  to-day  panoplied  in  the  pride 
and  })Ower  of  pri  grrss  s-^e  }»in^  onwaid  lo  even  greater  pros- 
p  rity  with  such  majesdc  splendor  that  she  has  been  cal.'  d 
the  'New  South"  wp  know  it  is  '  ecause  h^r  sonsand  daughtens 
have  shown  theiiiSelvt-s  as  heroic  ui  peace  and  prosperity,  as 
they  weie  when  lowered  the  vv  r  clouii  darkest. 

But  the  e  is  no  N-w  South,  save  in  the  sense  that  she  is 
stepping  moie  swiftly  a  ong  ihe  pathway  of  civilization.  She 
is  simply  the  I'rogrrssive  Sou  h,  for  bariing  the  issues  settled 
by  the  sword,  she  cherishes  ev- ry  memory  and  principle  of 
her  splendid  past. 

The  rijen  of  ihe  South  have  no  regrets  to  express  for  that 
past,  but  holding  to  it  as  a  sacred  treasure,  they  d-dicate 
themselves  henceforth,  to  the  perpeiuaiion  and  glorv  of  this 
Union.  When  thev  surrendered  at  Appomatox.  they  meant 
that  they  would  defend  the  Union,  as  they  had  defended 
the  Southern  Conf  deracy. 

The  men  of  the  South  a  e  glad  to  believe  that  thee 
arp  but  fVw  rabid  oreaturea  in  ttie  Norh  from  whose  mouths 
flows  the  froth  of  sectional  madness. 

In  the  presence  of  out  sacred  dead,  and  in  the  name  of 
Liberty  and  Union,  we  declare  that  the  South  is  to-day,  ani- 
mated by  the  same  spirit  that  moved  Mr.  Webs  er  to  write 
these  grand  words: 

"L-t  our  patrio'ism  be  as  broad  as  the  land  in  which  v\-e 
live,  and  our  aspirations  as  high  s  its  c-rtain  destiny.  And 
let  us  make  our  generation  one  of  the  brightest  links  in  that 
golden  chain  which  is  destined  to  grapple  ihe  people  of  all 
the  States,  to  the  Constitution  and  the  Union  forever." 

CONCLUSION. 

And  now — Beauty,  and  Love,  and  Chivalry,  will  strew 
sweet  flowers: — 

"On  the  graves  of  the  heroes  who  died  for  us, 
Who  living  were  true  and  tried  for  us, 
And  in  death  sleep  side  by  side  for  us. 
That  martyr  band 
That  hallowed  our  land 
With  blood  they  poured  in  a  tide  for  us. 


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"Ah!  fearless  on  many  a  day  for  us, 
They  stood  in  the  front  of  the  fray  for  us, 
And  held  the  foemen  at  bay  for  us; 
Fresh  tears  should  fall 
Forever — o'er  all 
Who  fell  while  wearing  the  gray  for  us." 

"And  their  deeds — proud  deeds  shall  remain  for  us, 
And  their  names — dear  names  without  stain  for  us, 
And  the  glories  they  won  shall  not  wane  for  us. 
In  legend  and  lay 
Our  heroes  in  gray 
Though  dead — shall  live  over  again  for  us." 


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